As the energy crisis worsens in Europe, Glass Alliance Europe has urged the European Commission to provide immediate and impactful action to limit natural gas prices.
Glass Alliance Europe and other European officials from energy-intensive industries penned a joint letter on Sept. 6, 2022, to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stating that the volatility and extreme level of European gas prices has had severe consequences on the electricity market.
For now, the energy shortage is having a dire effect on the European glass industry. Glass Alliance Europe claims that many industrial plants have shut down or reduced production. The organization expects more plants to shut down in the coming weeks.
“These massive plant curtailments will increase Europe’s dependency on third markets for strategic supply chains and will drastically increase the global carbon emissions,” writes Glass Alliance Europe.
